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Large Language Models (LLMs) have advanced rapidly as tools for automating code generation in scientific research, yet their ability to interpret and use unfamiliar Python APIs for complex computational experiments remains poorly…

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Large language models pre-trained for code generation can generate high-quality short code but often struggle with generating coherent long code and understanding higher-level or system-level specifications. This issue is also observed in…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Swapnil Sharma , Nikita Anand , Kranthi Kiran G.

We approach the important challenge of code autocompletion as an open-domain task, in which a sequence-to-sequence code generator model is enhanced with the ability to attend to reference code snippets supplied by a semantic code search…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-04-14 Dawn Drain , Changran Hu , Chen Wu , Mikhail Breslav , Neel Sundaresan

The availability of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot is reshaping the way in which software is developed, evolved, and maintained. Oftentimes, developers leave traces of such an usage in…

Code data in large language model (LLM) pretraining is recognized crucial not only for code-related tasks but also for enhancing general intelligence of LLMs. Current open-source LLMs often heavily rely on human effort to produce their code…

Recent advancements in language modeling have enabled the translation of natural language into code, and the use of execution feedback to improve code generation. However, these methods often rely heavily on pre-existing test cases, which…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Nan Wang , Yafei Liu , Chen Chen , Haonan Lu

Medical coding is essential for standardizing clinical data and communication but is often time-consuming and prone to errors. Traditional Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods struggle with automating coding due to the large label…

Modern software development requires a large investment in learning application programming interfaces (APIs). Recent research found that the learning materials themselves are often inadequate: developers struggle to find answers beyond…

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Large pre-trained language models such as GPT-3, Codex, and Google's language model are now capable of generating code from natural language specifications of programmer intent. We view these developments with a mixture of optimism and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-12-07 Naman Jain , Skanda Vaidyanath , Arun Iyer , Nagarajan Natarajan , Suresh Parthasarathy , Sriram Rajamani , Rahul Sharma

Generative AI and large language models hold great promise in enhancing computing education by powering next-generation educational technologies for introductory programming. Recent works have studied these models for different scenarios…

Code editing encompasses a variety of pragmatic tasks that developers deal with daily. Despite its relevance and practical usefulness, automatic code editing remains an underexplored area in the evolution of deep learning models, partly due…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-02-29 Kaixin Li , Qisheng Hu , Xu Zhao , Hui Chen , Yuxi Xie , Tiedong Liu , Qizhe Xie , Junxian He

Issue tracking systems serve as the primary tool for incorporating external users and customizing a software project to meet the users' requirements. However, the limited number of contributors and the challenge of identifying the best…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-02-07 Joy Krishan Das , Saikat Mondal , Chanchal K. Roy

Software developers frequently issue generic natural language queries for code search while using code search engines (e.g., GitHub native search, Krugle). Such queries often do not lead to any relevant results due to vocabulary mismatch…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-07-25 Mohammad Masudur Rahman , Chanchal K. Roy

With generative AI becoming widespread, the existence of AI-based programming assistants for developers is no surprise. Developers increasingly use them for their work, including generating code to fulfil the data protection requirements…

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Intelligent assistants powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) can generate program and test code with high accuracy, boosting developers' and testers' productivity. However, there is a lack of studies exploring LLMs for testing Web APIs,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-09 André Pereira , Bruno Lima , João Pascoal Faria

Training LLMs for code-related tasks typically depends on high-quality code-documentation pairs, which are costly to curate and often scarce for niche programming languages. We introduce BatCoder, a self-supervised reinforcement learning…

Researchers have made significant progress in automating the software development process in the past decades. Recent progress in Large Language Models (LLMs) has significantly impacted the development process, where developers can use…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-07-26 Yuntong Zhang , Haifeng Ruan , Zhiyu Fan , Abhik Roychoudhury

Software process models are essential to facilitate collaboration and communication among software teams to solve complex development tasks. Inspired by these software engineering practices, we present FlowGen - a code generation framework…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Feng Lin , Dong Jae Kim , Tse-Husn , Chen

Artificial intelligence (AI) assistants such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, built on large language models like GPT-4, are revolutionizing how programming tasks are performed, raising questions about whether code is authored by generative…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Oseremen Joy Idialu , Noble Saji Mathews , Rungroj Maipradit , Joanne M. Atlee , Mei Nagappan

In recent times, large language models (LLMs) have made significant strides in generating computer code, blurring the lines between code created by humans and code produced by artificial intelligence (AI). As these technologies evolve…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-04 Marc Oedingen , Raphael C. Engelhardt , Robin Denz , Maximilian Hammer , Wolfgang Konen